Ultralights...you obviously don't read the Aviation pages of the Friday Australian.
see Jan 16
There are 2 articles there...one about the operating limits for the smallies and someone getting busted for hitting a power line and dropping near a Polis Man...very unfortunate for the operator. Ka-ching for the coffers $850.
There is, once again the BS statement that..."It is also illegal to fly for money or economic reward" Pray do tell WTF has being paid for an image you capture, when yr quadcopter is operating within the CAsA arbitary limits got to do with "safety" SFA actually.
And as even the late unlamented DAS said at a Senate hearing."(I say)again, CAsA is a "safety" regulator NOT a commercial regulator"
And if you can't have yr 2 kg gizmo within 30 metres of a person....how come at airfields you can have student helicopter trainees just about combing yr hair while wobbling past the hangar door, not even a couple of blade lengths away?
I know which is the more bloody dangerous.!!
And the second article talks about the legalities on whether CAsA has the right to limit drones at all due constitutional issues. A good read.
Which puts paid to your hard-wiring idea. Any limits here may not apply in other countries
CAsA only seems to be on the ball.? And if we let the control freaks run rampant without contesting their arbitary limits and "rules", legal or otherwise then the balls in question will be those in their squirrel grip on a potential vibrant new industry.
Fly free. Be safe.